Monday evening, we returned to Southeast Texas from our family visit in north Alabama, and as is typical for us, it created a hectic week. How is it that in four days, things go sideways in the garden ...

As heat arrives for summer, so have the unwanted swarm of bugs across the country. NBC’s Sam Brock reports for TODAY on the creepy crawlers wreaking havoc on neighborhoods, roads and crops.

There’s nothing like that first spring salad you’ve been babying for weeks. And there’s nothing like walking out one damp morning to find every leaf lace-worked with holes and shiny trails everywhere.